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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-04-12 - Resolution No. 07-07RESOLUTION NO. 07-07 IN SUPPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT OF ORANGE COUNTY CONTINUING TO PROVIDE SERVICES WHEREAS, Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) has a 56-year history of providing efficient regional representation and service to its member agencies in Orange County; and WHEREAS, MWDOC has a unique service model in that it does not own and operate facilities but instead facilitates and coordinates development of projects and resources by local agencies; and WHEREAS, MWDOC works closely with its member agencies ensuring all agencies have full access to regional programs; and WHEREAS, MWDOC and its member agencies worked diligently through eight workshops to resolve outstanding issues regarding its services, mission and budget, and through this process, the vast majority of MWDOC's member agencies indicated support for the December 20, 2006 MWDOC Board action capping its budget, accelerating its budget process, and selling guidelines on project initiation and participation, and indicated that MWDOC should be given a chance to perform under these new guidelines; and WHEREAS, MWDOC's Board took further action to recognize its dual obligation to both the citizens who elected them and the water agencies they work with day to day and that this is a unique recognition by a wholesale agency; and WHEREAS, California's complex water issues and those within Metropolitan Water District of Southern California demand a regional approach; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Yorba Linda Water District hereby indicates its support for MWDOC to continue providing the services it provides with changes as noted in the December 2006 Board Action; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Secretary of the Yorba Linda Water District is hereby directed to transmit forthwith a certified copy of this resolution to the Local Agency Formation Commission, 12 Civic Center Plaza, Room 235, Santa Ana, CA 92701. 1 1 1 PASSED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of April 2007 by the following called vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Armstrong, Beverage, Collett, Mills, Summerfield None None ABSTAIN: None - - Michael A. Payne Secretary "Ric Collett, President